Eastern's Ultimate Frisbee team just like any other club sports team have many drills. Some of our drills consist of us practicing our "cuts" which is what we do when we try to get away from our defender in order to catch the disc. While some other drills help us learn how to "read" the disc. You "read" a disc well if you can tell which way it is going based on its angle, speed, and height.
During this week of practice we as a team all stood at the bottom of Doane hill preparing to read and to catch the disc. There were probably about a good thirty people at practice that day all ready to catch the disc at the same time. There was sprinting, pushing, jumping, and diving all involved in order to not be in the bottom three people left. If you were one of the three people left after everyone else had already caught a disc you were out. Then everyone before you who were able to successfully read and catch a disc came back until eliminating everyone except two people. Once we were down to two those two amazingly talented players would go up against each other in best two out of three. After the other person who had failed to surpass the other player won, he or she was crowned with glory.
There are some mixes in people who enjoy this drill and who absolutely despise this drill. Some people played their hearts while others scuffed in the background and said "Not this again". As it was my personal first time participating in this drill, I rather enjoyed it, excited for the new challenge. We did this drill twice, the first time I did well, the second time not so much. But even so, as I watched my fellow team mates compete with each other a smile was constantly spread across my face and I was very proud of each and every member of my team. This weeks practice was a smashing success I can't wait to see what our team's captains next drill will be.
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